The daily increase in cases in Delhi had crossed the 4,000 mark for the first time on 9 September.
New Delhi:
Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today that the national capital witnessed the second wave of COVID-19 and has now turned the corner. The sudden daily increase in cases to more than 4,000, which took place earlier this month, was the second wave of the disease, Kejriwal said.
This is the first time that a state in the country claims to have reached the second wave of the virus, which appeared in Kerala in December. The total number of cases in Maharashtra, the epicenter of the disease, is 12.63,799 cases. Delhi ranks fifth with 2.56,789 cases.
Speaking at a program at PUSA (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University), Mr. Kejriwal said: “Experts feel that Delhi has peaked in the second wave of COVID-19 that the national capital is witnessing.”
“On September 16, Delhi recorded approximately 4,500 cases. After that, the cases started to decline and in the last 24 hours, 3,700 cases have emerged in the national capital,” the Chief Minister said, providing data. “In the coming days, the numbers will drop even more,” he added.
The daily increase in cases in Delhi had crossed the 4,000 mark for the first time on September 9, when the total number of cases had crossed the 2 lakh mark. The death count recorded that day was 20, the total number of deaths was 4,638.
The 4,473 cases registered on September 16 were the highest peak in a single day since the disease reached the national capital. The daily increase in cases and deaths registered between September 15 and 19 is: 4,263 (36 deaths); 4,473 (33); 4,432 (38); 4,127 (30); and 4,071 (38), according to government data.
At the time, officials attributed the increase to the growing number of tests being carried out in the city.
The National Capital saw its first case of coronavirus in March. From then on, the numbers kept increasing. In July there was a decrease, when the number of cases registered every day remained between 1,000 and 1,500.
In this period, several MLAs and ministers in Delhi, including Senior Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia, have contracted the disease. Mr. Sisodia is currently in the government-run LNJP hospital, where he was transferred yesterday after he complained of a fever and a drop in oxygen level.
The number of COVID-19 cases in India has crossed the 57 lakh mark today, with 86,508 people testing positive in one day. The death toll rose to 91,149 and 1,129 people succumbed to the disease in 24 hours.
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